Packing case



Aug 9, 1932 c. R. FRANKLIN ET AL, 1,870,675

PACKING' CASE Filed'Nov. 1s, 1929 INVENTOR. Charles E Fr EdwardEnldswnr't By /f/ ATTORNEY.

ankl'm Patented Aug. 9, 1932 UNITED STATES VPATENT oFF-lcs CHARLES R.FRANKLIN, OF DOVER, AND EDWARD GOLDSWORTHY, F WHARTN, NEW JERSEY i APACKING CASE Application led November 1.*6, v15.329. Serial No. 407,744:

(GRANTED UNDER THE ACT 0F MARCH 3, 1883, AS AMENDED APRIL 30, 1928; 3700. Gr. 757) The invention described herein may be manufactured and usedby or for the Government for governmental purposes, without the paymentto us of any royalty thereon.

g This invention relates to improvements in packing cases and hasreference more particularly to a special case for containing perforatedarticles such as the owder rings used as the propellant charge fortrench mortar projectiles.

The principal objects of the invention are to provide a packing casesuitable for storage as well as transportation and having a supportingarrangement for the articles to be placed therein which will not onlyfacilitate their preparation for packing and form a convenient means forunpacking and dispensing but will also insure against breaking anddeformation.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention resides inthe novel arrangement and combination of parts and in the details ofconstruction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood thatchanges in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed maybe made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from thespirit of the invention.

A practical embodiment of the invention 1s illustrated in theaccompanying drawing,

wherein:

Fig. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of the improved packing case;

Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof with the cover removed;

Fig. 3 is an end view of the case, parts being broken away to show theseparators in elevation; and

Fig. 4 is a view in detail of the separating plates.

Referring to the drawing reference:

The packing case consists of a box 5, preferably of wood and havingsmooth inside walls. A hinged cover 6 is arranged to be secured byfasteners 7 The means for supporting the articles that are to be placedin the case comprises a series of racks, each consisting of a number ofrods 50 8 individually supported in semi-circular reby numerals ofcesses or bearings 9 formed inv separating plates 10. The recesses areformed in both Vthe upper and lower sides of the plates 10 so that whenthe plates are positioned one above the other against the end walls ofthe box v therods will be confined between adjacent plates. Thelowermost and the uppermost plates 11 are provided with recesses on onlyone side.

The rods are designed to carry perforated '50 articles 12 which are tobe placed in the case and, accordingly, they are dimensioned to closelyit the perforation in the article and thereby hold the article againstmovement transversely of the rod. The rods are ar- 05 ranged so thatwhen assembled in the box, each row of the article will be spaced fromadjacent rows.

When the articles are resilient they may be compressed so that when therod is placed in the opposite recesses of the separating plates thearticles will exert a pressure on the plates to securely hold them inposition. However, when the articles are non-resilient or brittle, aresilient washer 13 is placed on 75 each end of the rod to serve theabove purpose as well as to protect the end articles. When the cover 6is lowered and secured the separating plates will be held againstvertical displacement.

The supporting arrangement is particularly advantageous when used forpowder rings as it prevent-s shifting of the rings during transport andaffords ventilation between the rows. The final operation in forming 35the powder rings consists in sewing the ends of a tube together and theoperator may conveniently place the completed ring on the rod. When thepowder rings are to be sent into the eld for use by troops they are re-90 packed-sixteen of them being placed in a cylindrical carton. Theoperator may place the end of the loaded rod into a carton, hold thering that is iush with the top of the carton and then withdraw the rod.

We claim:

1. A packing case comprising a box, a plurality of separating platesplaced one above the other in the ends of the box, the upper and lowersides of the intermediate plates and the inside of the top and bottomVplates formed with spaced recesses, and a plurality of rods, the endsof each rod fitting in o posite recesses of the separating plates, anthe rods dimensioned according to the perforation in the articles to becarried thereby.

n 2. A packing case comprising a box, a phirality of separating platesplaced one above the other in the ends of kthe box,the

upper and lower sides of the intermediate plates and the inside of thetop and bottom plates formed with spaced recesses, and a plurality ofrods, the ends of eachrod ttin'g in op osite recesses of the separatinplates.

3. X packing case comprising aox, re-

movable plates superposed in the ends of the n box, adjoining platescooperating to form spacedbearings and rods, the ends of each rodreceivable in opposite bearings.

CHARLES R. FRANKLIN. EDWARD GOLDSWORTHY.

